2016 Kremlin Cup – Women's singles
# 2016 Kremlin Cup – Women's singles

Svetlana Kuznetsova was the defending champion and successfully defended her title, defeating Daria Gavrilova in the final, 6–2, 6–1.

By claiming the title, Kuznetsova became the final qualifier for the 2016 WTA Finals, overtaking Johanna Konta on the race list.

## Seeds

The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.

* Svetlana Kuznetsova (champion)
* Dominika Cibulková (withdrew)
* Carla Suárez Navarro (second round, retired)
* Elina Svitolina (semifinals)
* Elena Vesnina (second round)
* Barbora Strýcová (first round)
* Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (quarterfinals)
* Daria Kasatkina (quarterfinals)
* Tímea Babos (quarterfinals)

## Draw

### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1/WC | Svetlana Kuznetsova | 6 | $6^2$ | 6 | | | | |
| 4 | Elina Svitolina | 1 | $7^7$ | 4 | | | | |
| 4 | Elina Svitolina | 1 | $7^7$ | 4 | 1/WC | Svetlana Kuznetsova | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | Daria Gavrilova | 2 | 1 |
| | Julia Görges | 5 | 1 | | | Daria Gavrilova | 2 | 1 |
| | Daria Gavrilova | 7 | 6 | | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | | | 1/WC | S Kuznetsova | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Cornet | $7^8$ | 6 | | | A Cornet | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Rogers | $6^6$ | 3 | | | | | | 1/WC | S Kuznetsova | 7 | $6^2$ | 6 | | | | | |
| | K Mladenovic | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 9 | T Babos | 5 | $7^7$ | 2 | | | | | |
| WC | A Kalinskaya | 4 | 2 | | | K Mladenovic | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | I-C Begu | 2 | $7^7$ | 5 | 9 | T Babos | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | T Babos | 6 | $6^2$ | 7 | | | | | | | | | | 1/WC | S Kuznetsova | 6 | $6^2$ | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | E Svitolina | 1 | $7^7$ | 4 |
| | | | | | 4 | E Svitolina | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | L Tsurenko | 3 | $0^r$ | | | Y Putintseva | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Y Putintseva | 6 | 0 | | | | | | 4 | E Svitolina | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | A Sevastova | 6 | 1 | $6^{10}$ | | | | | LL | A Konjuh | 1 | 1 | | | | | | |
| Q | A Blinkova | 4 | 6 | $7^{12}$ | Q | A Blinkova | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| LL | A Konjuh | 6 | 1 | 6 | LL | A Konjuh | w/o | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | B Strýcová | 4 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 8 | D Kasatkina | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Bencic | 4 | 1 | | 8 | D Kasatkina | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | E Makarova | 7 | 6 | | | E Makarova | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| Q | N Gibbs | 5 | 1 | | | | | | 8 | D Kasatkina | 5 | 1 | | | | |
| | D Kovinić | $6^3$ | 3 | | | | | | | J Görges | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| | J Görges | $7^7$ | 6 | | | J Görges | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 5 | E Vesnina | 5 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | J Görges | 5 | 1 |
| 7 | A Pavlyuchenkova | $7^7$ | 5 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | D Gavrilova | 7 | 6 |
| Q | K Siniaková | $6^2$ | 7 | 5 | 7 | A Pavlyuchenkova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | J Ostapenko | 3 | 3 | | | J Janković | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | J Janković | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 7 | A Pavlyuchenkova | 5 | 6 | 3 | | | |
| | L Šafářová | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | D Gavrilova | 7 | 4 | 6 | | | |
| | D Gavrilova | 6 | 6 | | | D Gavrilova | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | C Suárez Navarro | 4 | $0^r$ | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying

### Seeds

* Lesia Tsurenko (qualified)
* Kateřina Siniaková (qualified)
* Ana Konjuh (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
* Çağla Büyükakçay (second round)
* Nicole Gibbs (qualified)
* Camila Giorgi (second round)
* Irina Khromacheva (qualifying competition)
* Evgeniya Rodina (second round)

### Qualifiers

* Lesia Tsurenko
* Kateřina Siniaková
* Nicole Gibbs
* Anna Blinkova

### Lucky losers

* Ana Konjuh

### Draw

**First qualifier**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Lesia Tsurenko | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Nigina Abduraimova | 6 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Nigina Abduraimova | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | Lesia Tsurenko | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Elizaveta Kulichkova | $6^4$ | 3 | | | | | |
| | Elizaveta Kulichkova | 6 | 6 | | | Elizaveta Kulichkova | $6^4$ | 3 | | | | | |
| | Aryna Sabalenka | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Aryna Sabalenka | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | 1 | Lesia Tsurenko | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 7 | Irina Khromacheva | 1 | 2 |
| | Verónica Cepede Royg | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | Irina Khromacheva | 1 | 2 |
| | Lucie Hradecká | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Lucie Hradecká | 5 | 1 | | | Verónica Cepede Royg | 7 | 0 | 2 | | | | |
| | | | | | 7 | Irina Khromacheva | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Victoria Kamenskaya | 1 | 0 | | 7 | Irina Khromacheva | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 7 | Irina Khromacheva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |

**Second qualifier**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | Kateřina Siniaková | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | Marina Melnikova | 6 | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | Marina Melnikova | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | Kateřina Siniaková | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Polina Leykina | 4 | 2 | | | | |
| | Polina Leykina | 6 | 6 | | | Polina Leykina | 4 | 2 | | | | |
| | Veronika Kudermetova | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Veronika Kudermetova | 0 | 2 | | | | | | 2 | Kateřina Siniaková | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | Viktoriya Tomova | 4 | 2 |
| | Viktoriya Tomova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | Viktoriya Tomova | 4 | 2 |
| WC | Amina Anshba | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Amina Anshba | 4 | 1 | | | Viktoriya Tomova | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | | 8 | Evgeniya Rodina | 4 | 0 | | | | |
| | Olga Govortsova | 1 | 2 | | 8 | Evgeniya Rodina | 4 | 0 | | | | |
| 8 | Evgeniya Rodina | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |

**Third qualifier**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 3 | Ana Konjuh | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Ekaterina Alexandrova | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Ekaterina Alexandrova | 1 | 4 | | 3 | Ana Konjuh | 4 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Tereza Martincová | $0^r$ | | | | | | |
| | Tereza Martincová | 6 | 6 | | | Tereza Martincová | $0^r$ | | | | | | |
| | Anastasia Pivovarova | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Anastasia Pivovarova | 3 | 2 | | | | | | 3 | Ana Konjuh | 5 | 7 | $6^1$ |
| | | | | | | | | | 5 | Nicole Gibbs | 7 | 5 | $7^7$ |
| | Paula Kania | $7^7$ | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 5 | Nicole Gibbs | 7 | 5 | $7^7$ |
| WC | Anastasia Gasanova | $6^3$ | 7 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Anastasia Gasanova | $6^3$ | 7 | 1 | | Paula Kania | 4 | 1 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 5 | Nicole Gibbs | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Natalia Vikhlyantseva | 4 | 6 | 3 | 5 | Nicole Gibbs | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| 5 | Nicole Gibbs | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |

**Fourth qualifier**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4 | Çağla Büyükakçay | 1 | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Valeriya Solovyeva | 6 | $6^2$ | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Valeriya Solovyeva | 6 | $6^2$ | 1 | 4 | Çağla Büyükakçay | 2 | 3 | | | | | |
| | | | | | WC | Anna Blinkova | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | Anna Blinkova | 6 | 6 | | WC | Anna Blinkova | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Elitsa Kostova | 0 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Elitsa Kostova | 0 | 4 | | | | | | | WC | Anna Blinkova | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | Nadia Podoroska | 2 | 1 |
| WC | Olesya Pervushina | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | Nadia Podoroska | 2 | 1 |
| | Nadia Podoroska | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Nadia Podoroska | 6 | 7 | | | Nadia Podoroska | 0 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | | 6 | Camila Giorgi | 6 | 4 | 4 | | | | |
| | Aliaksandra Sasnovich | 6 | 0 | 3 | 6 | Camila Giorgi | 6 | 4 | 4 | | | | |
| 6 | Camila Giorgi | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
